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Chabrier: L'étoile / Dutch National Opera

Visually stunning production of Emmanuel Chabrier’s light opéra bouffe L’Étoile staged by renowned French opera and theatre director Laurent Pelly.

Opéra bouffe in three acts (1877)
Libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo

The high-spirited libretto and brilliant music of L’Étoile helped to establish Chabrier’s name as a composer in 1870s Paris. With a heady mix of the surreal, a comic plot with lots of theatrical potential, L’Étoile is one of the most entertaining works in the genre, and is now recognised as a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, set apart from other examples by its sophisticated orchestration and gossamer-light wit.

Laurent Pelly directs this visually stunning production from Dutch National Opera in 2014, featuring costumes by Laurent Pelly and Jean-Jacques Delmotte. Stéphanie d’Oustrac and Christophe Mortagne head a distinguished cast, along with the Residentie Orkest The Hague conducted by French opera specialist, Patrick Fournillier.

Lazuli STÉPHANIE D’OUSTRAC Mezzo-soprano
Le Roi Ouf I CHRISTOPHE MORTAGNE Tenor
La Princesse Laoula HÉLÈNE GUILMETTE Soprano
Siroco JÉRÔME VARNIER Bass
Hérisson de Porc-Épic ELLIOT MADORE Baritone
Aloès JULIE BOULIANNE Mezzo-soprano

CHORUS OF DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA
RESIDENTIE ORKEST THE HAGUE
Conductor PATRICK FOURNILLIER

Stage Director LAURENT PELLY
Set Designer CHANTAL THOMAS
Film Director FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON
Filmed on 13 and 16 October 2014 at Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam

[2.110595 / NBD0091V]
Total playing time: 115 minutes
Language: French · Subtitles: French, English, German, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS 5.0 · DVD 9 · Region: 0
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS-HD 5.0 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C